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‘Treated like animals’: Julián Castro condemns Biden over humanitarian crisis at US border
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Julián Castro, the former US presidential candidate, has become the latest prominent Democrat to attack Joe Biden for his handling of the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, lamenting his use of a contested Tr...
Tony Blair condemns ‘tragic, dangerous’ US withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Tony Blair has warned that the return of the Taliban will see “every jihadist group round the world cheering”, as he said that there was now a moral obligation for Western troops to stay until all those eligible are e...
WHO condemns rush by wealthy nations to give Covid vaccine booster
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The World Health Organization has condemned the rush by wealthy countries to provide Covid-19 vaccine booster shots while millions of people around the world have yet to receive a single dose. Speaking before US autho...
BBC condemns ‘assault on media freedom’ as Russia expels reporter
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Russia is to expel a senior BBC journalist in Moscow by refusing to extend her accreditation in a move the broadcaster has condemned as a “direct assault on media freedom”. Sarah Rainsford’s visa is due to expire at t...
‘Treacherous’: Kim Jong-un’s sister condemns South Korea-US war games
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The influential sister of the North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-un, has called Seoul authorities “treacherous” over the South’s joint military exercises with the US, warning the two allies would face greater security threa...
UN condemns child marriage in Zimbabwe as girl dies after giving birth
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The United Nations has condemned the practice of child marriage in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl after she gave birth at a church shrine, an incident that caused outrage among citizens and rights ...
‘I went to hell and back’: officer condemns Republican lawmakers who spurned Capitol attack hearing
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One of the Washington DC police officers who gave emotional testimony to Congress about the violence of the 6 January Capitol insurrection said on Wednesday he had received a vulgar voicemail threatening his life whil...
Cummings condemns England’s political ‘duffers’. But our problems are structural
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Dominic Cummings’ latest utterances should not be treated as revelations, but rather as corroborating evidence of what should, in a functioning democracy, be treated as Britain’s gravest peacetime scandal. A prime min...
US condemns China for ‘malicious’ cyberattacks, including Microsoft hack
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The US has led allies in a sharp condemnation of China for “malicious” cyberattacks, including a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlie...
F1 condemns online racist abuse of Lewis Hamilton after British GP victory
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Mercedes, Formula One and its governing body, the FIA, have issued a joint statement condemning the online racist abuse aimed at Lewis Hamilton following Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Hamilton, 36, was targeted followi...
FA condemns racist abuse of England players on social media after Euro final
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The Football Association has issued a statement condemning racist abuse on social media directed at a number of England players after their defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final. The Metropolitan police have also ope...
EU parliament condemns Hungary’s anti-LGBT law
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The European parliament has denounced a Hungarian law that bans gay people from appearing in educational materials or on primetime TV as “a clear breach” of its principles of equality. In a resolution voted in Strasbo...
Inquiry condemns policing of Sarah Everard vigil and Bristol protests
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The policing of the Sarah Everard vigil in London and “kill the bill” demonstrations in Bristol breached fundamental rights to protest and involved unnecessary and disproportionate use of force, a parliamentary inquir...
Vaccines minister condemns video of Chris Whitty being harassed by ‘thugs’
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Footage has emerged online apparently showing Prof Chris Whitty being accosted in public, with the vaccine minister calling for the “thugs” to face charges. The video, which has been shared on social media, seems to s...
TUC condemns Batley byelection ‘dirty tricks’ after fake Labour leaflet
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Campaigners have condemned “dirty tricks” in the Batley and Spen byelection and expressed fears for activists, after fake leaflets suggested Labour believed “whiteness” was the biggest threat to communities. Meanwhile...
Beijing issues furious response after Canada condemns repressive actions
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Canada has led more than 40 countries in expressing serious concerns over Beijing’s repressive actions in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet, prompting a furious response from Beijing over Canada’s colonial history. The ex...